HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - An eight-year veteran of the Huntington Police Department is behind bars tonight facing one charge of sexual misconduct with a minor. That is a class c felony.

According to officers, last night, state police arrested 41-year-old Huntington police officer Bill Wike. Wike is currently being held in the Whitley county jail.

In this letter from Huntington police chief Thomas Emely, it states that neither the Huntington police department nor the Huntington county prosecutors office were directly involved in the investigation.

Prosecutors have started the proceedings to ask the board of works in Huntington to suspend officer Wike without pay pending the outcome of the charges in this case.

There will be an executive session next Tuesday in the Huntington mayor's conference room to discuss this issue.

Tomorrow morning at 8:30 officer Wike will appear in a Huntington county circuit courtroom. A special prosecutor has been assigned to the case which is standard practice considering the suspect is a Huntington police officer and the Huntington prosecutor’s office closely works with the police department.

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